Seondha

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Seondha

(Seora). Head-quarters of a pargana in the Datia State, Central India, situated in 26 10' N. and 78 47' E., on the east bank of the Sind river, 36 miles from Datia town. Population (1901), 5,542.

The town has been steadily declining in importance of late years. It is of old foundation, the remains of the earlier settlement lying close to the modern town. Seondha was a flourishing place in the fifteenth century, and the fort is supposed to have been of importance some centuries before. It may possibly be the Sarua fort taken by Mahmud of Ghazni in the eleventh century when in pursuit of Chand Rai.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century Raja Parlchhat of Datia gave asylum at Seondha to the mother of Daulat Rao Sindhia, who had fled from Gwalior; and the fort was unsuccessfully attacked on Sindhia's behalf by Raghunath Rao and General Perron. A school and a combined British and State post office are situated in the town.